New Communist Party of Britain

PEACE

Peace and the stopping of the arms race is the
most important issue for Communists today.

As we have noted above, US reaction is initiating a
new round in the arms race by its development of the
Cruise missile and the Neutron bomb. British imperialism,
not to be out-done, is actively considering
manufacture of a British Cruise missile, to replace the
four Polaris submarines which it alleges are becoming
obsolete. Nuclear weapons proliferation is on the
horizon.

The issue of nuclear disarmament is one which can
unite nearly all sections of British opinion. We must be
in the forefront of the fight to build a massive, broad-based
peace movement which will act against the arms
monopolies who make profits out of the manufacture of
death. So that this movement is effective, we must
strive to make it a part of the international peace
movement.

In particular, we must campaign in the appropriate
trade unions and factories for the development of
plans to convert the arms industry to socially necessary
production.

We must also promote the peace initiatives of the
Soviet Union so as to nail the lie of a “Soviet military
threat” and, at the same time, make clear the unity of
the fight for peace and the fight for socialism.